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The Enterprise Published Every Tuesday and Friday by the ENTERPRISE PUBLISHING CO. wn .1.1 A MRTnN NORTH CAROLINA W. c. MANNING Editor ? UN-lIM SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Strictly Cash in Advance) IN MARTIN COUNTY One year $1.75 Six months 1.00 OUTSIDE MARTIN COUNTY One year $2.23 Six months 1 25 No Subscription Received Under 6 Months Advertising Rate Card Furnished Upon Request Entered at the post office in Williamston. N. C.. as second-class matter under the act of Con gress of March 3. 1879. Address all communications to The Enterprise and not individual members of the firm. Friday . May 26. 1939. IN FLANDKRS* HK1.U By C.olonel John McC.rae In Flanders' "fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row . That mark our placi and in the sky The larks still bravely singing fly, Scarce heard amidst the guns below We are the dead Short days ago we lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow. Loved and were loved and now we lie In Flanders' fields Take up our quarrel with the foe. To you frum falling hands we throw The Torch?be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We si la 11 not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields U'hy Billion* of Dollar* Are Idle The billions of idle dollars that are bulging the bank vaults in the country today are not idle necessarily because the owners fear govern mental legislation and taxation. Most of the dollars are idle because the country is burden ed to its knees with interest on the money it has already borrowed Many of those dollars are idle because the fellow who wants to bor row and actually needs to borrow hasn't the type of collateral required by the conservative investor. Many of those dollars are idle because thousands upon thousands of borrowers were knocked off their feet in the early thirties and they do not rate in the eyes of the conservative lender. And yet we are told that fear of the'govern ment has forced billions of dollars into hiding. Wall Street has advised other lines of busi ness to lower prices for basic commodities and goods to make those commodities and goods move into the channels of trade and reduce ex cessive surpluses. Until the government came along a borrower never heard anything but six per cent and in frequent cases there was a bo nus included in the deal at the borrower's ex pense. Let Wall Street stop talking about fear and practice what it has preached all these years ? reduce its interest rates and make credit avail able to those who need credit. To the same ex tent that the moneyed interests loosen theii? hold on the creditor's neck, business will?im prove But at the present terms there is little hope for an increase. ? Main I'ergn* Secorulary KihuI* The secondary road system, long recognized as the red-headed stepchild of the North Caro lina State Highway and Public Works commis sion, is facing a dark future. In the brief breath ing spell following the completion of the State's main highway lines, the secondary system came in for a little attention, but not much, to be sure. Now State officials are talkng about re building the main trunk lines, meaning that the secondary system will do well to hold a place under the sun. Commissioner of Revenue A. J. Maxwell, a man who has offered to figure more prominent ly in the public eve than the mere prominence gained in a permanent position with the rev enue department, points out that North Caro lina needs to spend forty million dollars to modernize its main highway system. Chief En gineer W. Vance Baise maintains that the task will require forty-seven million dollars. But what's a mere seven million dollars between? the Raleigh boys? It is true that the main gas tax is collected from the traveler on the trunk highway, and certainly the main highway deserves first at tention. But much of this talk about moderniz ing the highway should be nipped in the bud. This business of competing in a race that as the speed increases will profit no one much should be considered at length before any ac tion is taken to convert roads that were built to accommodate traffic at from 35 to 40 miles an hour to roads that will "tote" traffic at 80, 70 and even 76 miles an hour. Struck with the false idea of building super roads for the foreign traveler that he might be impressed oi)ce or twice each year, our high way officials have had to overlook the second ary roads and other "feeder" lines. While the construction and maintenance of those second ary lines more than offset the revenue, they unbottled the traffic to the main lines where rich revenue followed in their due course. In this State, it has been the policy to let North Carolinians drag through mud and mire to the main highways and battle the foreign car for a place there We have placed too much value in the casual visit of the foreigner and overlook ed the importance of the home fellow who tra veled nearly every day in the year. If Mr Maxwell plans to run for governor, and up Raleigh way the boys say he is planning to do just that, he will find it advisable to get off the main highways and travel around the by ways and hedges where the basic course of tax ation and progress can be contacted. There he will find the votes and possibly recognize the need for secondary road construction along with the need for a super system for handling trunk line traffic. In the Lookinfi Claim Bertie I,edser-Advance Most of the cotton belt at one time or anoth er has looked about for some convenient goat on which to hang the blame for cotton's deplor able condition. Bitterly has blame been piled on the civil war and the war in China, high tar-, iffs, and high taxes, the boll weevil and the dic tators. Washington and the weather. Yet during National Cotton Week, May 22-27 it may be well for the cotton belt to look into a place it hag neglected it's household mirror. There it will find a very unusual figure, one who is both partially responsible for the pres ent condition of cv'ton and the only one who has the power to bring about cotton's recovery. The story of what others have done to cot ton is tragic; but the story of what the cotton belt has done to it, and of what it has not done for it, is both tragic and inexcusable. Those to whom cotton means most have not bothered to bo loyal in its use. National Cotton Week offers the opportunity of the year for active and effective support of the agricultural product on which twenty-five million Americans depend for all or part of their income In sponsoring it the National Cotton Council and other agencies have not asked for sacrifices or inconveniences in be half of a public cause. Rather have they asked the people of the cotton belt to invest their money in modern merchandise offering full returns in style, smartness and serviceability. They ask the logical maintenance of an Ameri can mai ket for one of America's greatest crops a crop whose products give to every purchas er a little more than his money's worth. Uniform Marriage I mux tUn.stun Salem Journal. Reports from various counties over the State indicate that the new marriage law is causing numbers of young couples to revive the old cus tom of journeying to neighboring states to be married. The trouble lies in the failure of North Caro lina's neighbors lb. put teeth in their own mar riage laws. But the pilgrimage of an occasional couple to adjoining stales to obtain marriage license should not discourage the friends of public health in North Carolina. A few diseased per sons here antf there may be among those who trek to Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee or Georgia to evade our marriage statues, and the counties may lose a little revenue on that ac count. But through an adequate measure of coop eration between the public and county health authorities the elopers may be singled out and compelled to submit to physical examination. And the dollars counties lose through the opera tion of out-of-state Gretna Greens will be off set by the larger community values created by a healthier citizenship. However, the problem could be simplified for the nation in general if the health depart ments of the various states would get together and formulate a uniform marriage law to rec ommend to the legislature in each state for adoption. The enactment of uniform marriage health laws would break up the operation of Gretna Greens and drive the 'marrying magis trates, who are primarily interested in fees, out of business. Gems For Your Scrapbook ? "The most manifest sign of wisdom is a con tinual cheerfulness."?Montaigne. Interesting Bits Of Agricultural Wetcs The Federal Crop Insurance Cor poration has reported that 158,000 premium payments, representing about 6,400,000 bushels of wheat, have been received for "all-risk" policies on the 1939 wheat crop. Sorghum Feeding experiments in Nebras ka have shown sorghums to be 90 per cent as valuablesas corn in the feeding ration for all kinds of live stock. lump The annual tonnage of beef grad ed according to Federal standards rose from 408,000,000 pounds in 1937 to 603,000,000 pounds in 1938. or an increase of 47.6 per cent. Health Medical services for the farm fam ily represent only about six per cent of the cost of all the goods and ser vices required by the average farm family. Chaser Since mice dislike the odor of nap thalene, flakes of this repellant scat tered over and around bags of idle seed, blankets, and clothing form good protection. Equal The Minnesota Division of Fores try lias found that a cord of black locust, hickory, oak. or ironwood of heat units as a tun of good hard coal. 9 Business Conditions Will Remain Stable Relatively stable domestic busi ness conditions and demand tor farm products in 1939 was predicted last week by the Bureau of Agricultur al Economics in one of its periodic economic surveys. Indications point to some improvement during the summer, but no marked change, the bureau said. Meanwhile, in inner New Deal circles it was indicated a huge new spending program is un der consideration. One figure named was $3,000,000,000 which would be second in size only to the history - making $4,800,000,000 relief and re covery program of 1935. Despite the growing economy sentiment of a small but determined group in Con gress, administration backing for at least part of the spending proposals now being formulated is anticipated. The president said last week that specific measures must be found and adopted to bring together idle men, machines and money. TRUSTEE S SALE OF REAL ESTATE Pursuant to the power and author ity contained in a certain deed of trust dated the 24th day of Decem ber, 1934, executed by William Ruf fin and wife, Bessie Ruff in, to T. C. Abernethy, trustee, which deed of trust is duly registered in the of fice of the Register of Deeds of Mar ^ln^ount^^Jc^rtl^C N-3, page 487, securing a certain note payable to Home Owners' Loan Corporation, default having been made for a period of more than ninety (#0) days in the payment of said note as provided therein and in the performance of certain cove nants set out in said deed of trust, and demand of foreclosure having been made by the holder of said in debtedness, the undersigned trustee will offer for sal^*t public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the court house door in Martin County, Williamston. North Carolina, at 12 o'clock noon on the 16 day of June, 1939, the following described real estate to wit: Lying and being in the town of Williamston, Williamston Township, County of Martin. State of North Carolina, and more particularly de scribed and. defined as follows: Ad joining the lands of Hettie Thomp son, Ida Everette and Reddick Street on the line between William Ruffin andllettle^Tomphsorvthencealong the line of Hettie Tomphson South 61 deg 15' West 108 feet to a stake; thence along the line of Hettie Tomphson North 30 dee 15' West 50 feet to the line of Ida Everette; thence along the line of Ida Everette North 61 deg 15' East 108 feet to a stake of Reddick Street; thence along Reddick Street South 30 deg 15' East 50 feet to the beginning, and being the same premises conveyed to R. J. Peel by Elbert S. Peel, trustee, by Trustee's Deed bearing date August 25, 1932, and recorded in the Public Registry of Martin County in Book L-3. at page 94, and being the same premises described on a map or plat thereof made by D. G. Modlin, Sur veyor, December 1. 1934, and which is now on file with the Home Own ers' Loan Corporation. Being the same premises described in a deed from Elbert S. Peel, Trustee, to Wil liam Ruffin and wife, Bessie Ruffin. bearing date January 24, 1928, filed for record and recorded January 24, 1928^nthe^ManinCountyPublic Registry in Book Z-2. at pace SM. This property will be sole subject to 1939 taxes. The purchaser at this tale will be required to make a cash deposit of 9 per cent of the purchase price to show good faith. This, the 15th day of May, 1939. T. C. A IlF.RN ]t I'll V, Trustee. Gillam & Spruill, Attys. ml9-26-j2-9-16 DR. ?. H. MEW BORN OP-TOM E TR18T Plymouth office, Livennan Drag Co., every Fri, 2 to 5 p. m. 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